Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Written by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, Chris Fussell and David Silverman
Narrated by Paul Michael
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The retired four-star general and and bestselling author of My Share of the Task shares a powerful new leadership model
Former General Stanley McChrystal held a key position for much of the War on Terror, as head of the Joint Special Operations Command. In Iraq, he found that despite the vastly superior resources, manpower, and training of the U.S. military, Al Qaeda had an advantage because of its structure as a loose network of small, independent cells. Those cells wreaked havoc by always staying one step ahead, sharing knowledge with each other via high-tech communications.
To defeat such an agile enemy, JSOC had to change its focus from efficiency to adaptability. McChrystal led the transformation of his forces into a network that combined robust centralized communication ("shared consciousness") with decentralized managerial authority ("empowered execution").
Now he shows not only how the military made that transition, but also how similar shifts are possible in all kinds of organizations, from large companies to startups to charities to government agencies. In a world of rapid change, the best organizations think and act like a team of teams, embracing small groups that combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share what they've learned.
McChrystal and his colleagues explain their process for helping organizations embrace this model. They also share fascinating research and examples from settings as diverse as emergency rooms and NASA's mission control center.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Having read several books recently on teamwork and collaboration, what I've not found is one that demonstrates how a leader realized what limiting factors needed to be addressed in their particular situation. Team of Teams does just that. Based on McChrystal's successful tour commanding the hunt for insurgents in Iraq, this book uses that journey as a story arc for explaining how to achieve the teamwork needed in our complex, fast-changing modern world. The military cases are as illuminating as they are gripping, and the author shares just as many examples from business and medicine so as not to make this a self-congratulatory biopic. To overcome the natural inertia of siloed intelligence gathering and decision making in an interdependent, fast-changing world, the answer is to develop great teamwork within teams and across teams. These teams of teams won't naturally bond the same way a smaller team of ten or up to thirty people might. By seeding at least some individual rapport across teams and encouraging open access to common information, leaders can cultivate shared purpose and trust, which gets reinforced the more the whole network sees examples of success toward their common end.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Efficiency and effectiveness are not the same thing. If you are not effective, your efficiency means nothing. Team of Teams analyzes what factors help to determine strategies for effectiveness then how to become efficient based on the context of complicated and complex environments. Good for both military and non-military managers.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must for any manager or leader. Really liked it
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Eye opening book written by one of our great military leaders.